Registered charity · Bury St Edmunds
Bury ST.Edmunds Methodist Circuit
- 30 trustees
- Income £416k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev Jason Christopher VinyardChair · since 2021
- Christopher SpencerTrustee · since 2024
- Daphne JAYTrustee
- David WakefordTrustee
- Donald Leslie DayTrustee · since 2019
- Edward FreemanTrustee · since 2017
- Francis Arnold CarrTrustee · since 2024
- Jennifer Maureen BenfieldTrustee · since 2020
- John DaviesTrustee · since 2013
- Joy InametiTrustee · since 2018
- Joyce May WoodTrustee · since 2019
- Marian HighTrustee
- Mary KeerTrustee
- Michael DrainTrustee
- Neil MartinTrustee · since 2014
- Norman LangridgeTrustee · since 2014
- Pauline AmesTrustee
- Peter SandersonTrustee · since 2014
- Rev Julie Ann MinnsTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Rita CarrTrustee · since 2014
- REV Ruth Karen RidgeTrustee · since 2016
- Richard Anthony WildTrustee · since 2020
- Robert WoodTrustee
- Roland David SoreTrustee · since 2025
- Rosemary Elizabeth Anne KearsleyTrustee · since 2017
- Sharon MartinTrustee · since 2012
- Stella DavisTrustee · since 2012
- Susan Yvonne ForemanTrustee · since 2020
- Valerie Anne SouthgateTrustee · since 2018
- Vaughan TongTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.online.church123.com/burystedmundsmethodistcircuit (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£416k£296k
- 2024£193k£213k
- 2023£1.1m£205k
Earlier years
- 2022£178k£279k
- 2021£156k£192k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SINCE THE DATE OF UNION THE ADVANCEMENT OF -(A) THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL STANDARDS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH;(B) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY CONNEXIONAL, DISTRICT, CIRCUIT, LOCAL OR OTHER ORGANISATION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH;(C) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY SOCIETY OR INSTITUTION SUBSIDIARY OR ANCILLARY TO THE METHODIST CHURCH;(D) ANY PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY CHARITY BEING A CHARITY SUBSIDIARY OR ANCILLARY TO THE METHODIST CHURCH
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
30 trustees on the board
- Rev Jason Christopher Vinyard Chair since 2021
- Christopher Spencer since 2024
- Daphne JAY
- David Wakeford
- Donald Leslie Day since 2019
- Edward Freeman since 2017
- Francis Arnold Carr since 2024
- Jennifer Maureen Benfield since 2020
- John Davies since 2013
- Joy Inameti since 2018
- Joyce May Wood since 2019
- Marian High
- Mary Keer
- Michael Drain
- Neil Martin since 2014
- Norman Langridge since 2014
- Pauline Ames
- Peter Sanderson since 2014
- REV Ruth Karen Ridge since 2016
- Robert Wood
- Rev Julie Ann Minns since 2021
- Rev Rita Carr since 2014
- Richard Anthony Wild since 2020
- Roland David Sore since 2025
- Rosemary Elizabeth Anne Kearsley since 2017
- Sharon Martin since 2012
- Stella Davis since 2012
- Susan Yvonne Foreman since 2020
- Vaughan Tong
- Valerie Anne Southgate since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Donald Leslie Day since 2019
- Edward Freeman since 2017
- Jennifer Maureen Benfield since 2020
- John Davies since 2013
- Joy Inameti since 2018
- Joyce May Wood since 2019
- Neil Martin since 2014
- Norman Langridge since 2014
- Peter Sanderson since 2014
- REV Ruth Karen Ridge since 2016
- Rev Rita Carr since 2014
- Richard Anthony Wild since 2020
- Rosemary Elizabeth Anne Kearsley since 2017
- Sharon Martin since 2012
- Stella Davis since 2012
- Susan Yvonne Foreman since 2020
- Valerie Anne Southgate since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (24)
- Christopher Spencer since 2024
- Daphne JAY
- Donald Leslie Day since 2019
- Edward Freeman since 2017
- Francis Arnold Carr since 2024
- Jennifer Maureen Benfield since 2020
- John Davies since 2013
- Joyce May Wood since 2019
- Marian High
- Mary Keer
- Michael Drain
- Neil Martin since 2014
- Norman Langridge since 2014
- Pauline Ames
- Robert Wood
- Rev Julie Ann Minns since 2021
- Rev Rita Carr since 2014
- Richard Anthony Wild since 2020
- Roland David Sore since 2025
- Rosemary Elizabeth Anne Kearsley since 2017
- Sharon Martin since 2012
- Stella Davis since 2012
- Susan Yvonne Foreman since 2020
- Valerie Anne Southgate since 2018
Portfolio (6)
- Rev Jason Christopher Vinyard Chair since 2021
- David Wakeford
- Joy Inameti since 2018
- Peter Sanderson since 2014
- REV Ruth Karen Ridge since 2016
- Vaughan Tong
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1135971
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976)
- Contact on the register
- 01284731082 · circuit.admin@hotmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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